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High Speed Chase and Marijuana Bust in Jim Wells County

Posted: Oct 5, 2012 6:22 PM
Updated: Oct 5, 2012 10:51 PM


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JIM WELLS CO. - Authorities in Jim Wells County are looking for four men who bailed out of a car hauling marijuana this afternoon. The driver of the Mazda Protege decided to pull the car off the side of the road along FM 2508 during a high speed chase through Ben Bolt.

All four men took off into the brush. So far, no one is in custody.

As authorities searched for the men they found large bundles of marijuana in the trunk that were made to be carried like backpacks. The marijuana weighs about 150 pounds.

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